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Numbers 24:5 KJV
Numbers · chapter 24 · verse 5
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!Numbers 24:5 · King James Version
Numbers 24:5 in context
3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
4He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
5How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
6As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
7He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- tabernaclesmishkâna residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the graveH4908 →
- goodlyṭôwbto be good in the widest senseH2895 →
- tentsʼôhela tentH168 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
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The blessing itself which Balaam here pronounces upon Israel is much the same with the two we had in the foregoing chapter; but the introduction to it is different. I. The method of proceeding here varies much in several instances. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9